Comments on: Ralph Nader asks Gary Bettman to ban fighting in the NHLhttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/02/07/ralph-nader-asks-gary-bettman-to-ban-fighting-in-the-nhl/
ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:40:43 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: vanyesnohttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2012/02/07/ralph-nader-asks-gary-bettman-to-ban-fighting-in-the-nhl/comment-page-1/#comment-36616
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:19:40 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36616Ralph…shut the front door bud.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:19:50 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36292Hey Ralph … get back to us after you’ve had this conversation with one of the (maybe thee) fastest growing sport in your country primarily governed by the UFC. If your concern is head injuries and concussions I’d focus more on a sport where the entire objective is more often than not to beat your opponents head in till he’s passed out, submits, or the official has to step in because he can do neither.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:18 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36189Lindros was a pugilist in his own right, but didn’t he take quite a few hits with his head down, causing his bell to get rung multiple times? He mentions Crosby in the same argument of baning fighting, which are two unrelated things. Crosby’s consussion/neck injury/whatever they are calling it now was from a hit, not from (as Stewie Griffin would say) throwing hands.

Nader shoudl do a bit more research before throwing players names out there to support his argument.

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:28 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36149why should anyone listen to a perpetual loser like nader?
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:45:16 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36139Better idea: Ralph Nader can keep his nanny-statism out of hockey and mind is own business.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:39:43 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36117Ralph Nader, didn’t he have a cameo in the movie “Reds” where he plays a perv who puts the move on Diane Keaton? No, that was George Plimpton. Or wasn’t he the guy who played one of the dinner guests in “Beetlejuice? That was Dick Cavett. I get all those ’60’s fruitcakes mixed up.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:55:21 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36100Actually, he didn’t know much about auto safety either, but that didn’t stop him back when. For some reason, the media anointed him as a saint, and apparently he believes his own press.

Oddly enough, this critic of the free market has done remarkably well in the stock market, profiting off of those ‘evil’ corporate masters. What a crank.

I seriously don’t get it ? On the one hand, a lot of “you people” enjoy watching MMA or UFC where some guy gets his head beaten to a pulp … yet you same people get “queasy” when there’s hard contact or fighting in the NHL ? … which is it then ? … either you want blood or you don’t ? … make a decision you idiots !

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:58:09 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36076So let’s see … making cars safer has equated to more people driving, more cars on the road with more congestion and hence a greater likelihood of being involved in a traffic accident … Nader means well no doubt, but his efforts are a complete waste of time at the end of the day …
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:15:35 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36067Nader’s comments are as dumb as he looks. Keep you political agenda out of the game….one in which you know nothing about
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:03:49 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36065Regarding Nader’s letter to Bettmen; he’s got the right message. How can the NHL care about the players when they allow two people to pound each other in the head. It’s time to eliminate fighting from the game – http://itsnotpartofthegame.blogspot.com/.

I don’t believe that fighting ever had a place in the game and as far as the accountability arguement goes, why were the 70’s and 80’s some of the bloodiest hockey years while fighting was at it’s peak? Let’s focus on skilled hockey players, good hard hitting and fast paced action. Not two grown men wrestling for a few minutes before falling to the ice.

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:30 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36060Hey good luck Ralphy boy. Let me know how that one works out for ya!
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:13 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36059Has Ralph Nader ever even watched a hockey game? What a complete a-hole.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:31:33 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36055I agree with Ralph. I just hope he can get convince boxing to do the same.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:51 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36038That’s the way it should be. Guys in the NHL should be allowed to fight all they want, but they better be able to skate, backcheck or play D, get in on the offense once in a while, and basically just be a hockey player. Goons need not apply.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:36:34 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36036100% agree with a fighting ban. It’s something that isn’t needed in the game anymore. Especially with the recent string of deaths to ex nhl fighters. Its hard on the players who have to drop the gloves on a nightly basis. I realize its been a part of the game since it began, but it may be time for a change.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:16:38 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=80761#comment-36030Why dont Ralph Nader fight me?